MSI Wind Netbook

The MSI Wind Netbook was a family of subnotebooks / netbooks designed by Micro-Star International. Wind stands for "Wi-Fi Network Device". The first model was announced at CeBIT 2008, and first listed for pre-orders on May 9, 2008. While initially 8.9- and 10.1-inch screen versions existed, as of 2010 only the 10.1" remained, with a resolution of 1024 × 600. While most models had 1 GB of RAM, some had 2 GB, and hard disks ranged from 80 GB on the oldest to 250 GB on the newest models. Also featured were Bluetooth, WLAN and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The Wind PC was MSI's response to the successful Asus Eee PC. The keyboard was 92% of full-size.
It was available in 10-inch and 7-inch Wind Pad tablets using the Android operating system.

OEM versions

When the original Wind U100 was released, many original equipment manufacturer versions of the Wind were also released, under different names.

Advent 4211, 4222 as an in-store brand for PC City, PC World and other Dixons Stores Group retailers in Europe and the UK.
Ahtec LUG N011 in the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium. Offered with SUSE Linux, Windows XP or no operating system. Had the same design as the original Wind. It came without logo on the case.
Averatec Buddy
First model of Pico in Indonesia with a 160 GB HDD, versions with and without Bluetooth.
Certified Data U100 in Canada, sold at London Drugs.
LG X110, marketed in Argentina, Brazil and Sweden
Hannspree HANNSnote with a 6-cell battery and a 160 GB HDD
Medion Akoya Mini in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland and Australia .
Mivvy M310 in the Czech Republic. but with 2 GB of RAM and a 120 GB HDD.
Mouse Computer LuvBook U100 in Japan.
Multirama HT Xpress Book in Greece with 160 GB HDD
NTT Corrino 101I and Aristo Pico i300 in Poland
Positivo Mobo White in Brazil, with 4 models: 1000, 1050, 1070 and 1090. All sport Intel Atom Processors and range from 512 MB RAM / 80 GB HDD to 1 GB RAM and 160 GB HDD.
Proline U100 in South Africa.
ProLink Glee TA-009 in Singapore with touchpad buttons positioned by the side and optional 3G HSDPA connectivity.
RoverBook Neo U100 in Russia with 120 GB or 160 GB HDD
Terra 10G in Europe with various option
Tsunami Moover T10 in Portugal

Some OEM versions were offered in different colors to the original MSI Wind, apart from the Tsunami Moover, the Mobo White and the Ahtec LUG N011.

Specifications

Customization

The MSI Wind netbooks were subject to a lot of enthusiast customization; especially as Hackintoshes. Though many other netbooks could run Mac OS X, the MSI Wind was one of the most popular mainly because of its ideally large keyboard, simple design, and wide availability of options. The MSI Wind could be installed with Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with a modified bootloader and kernel. Installing ChromeOS and turning it into a Chromebook is also a common customization.